The visionary Harvard Business Review article that portrayed the role of the data
scientist as "the sexiest job of the 21st century" closed with a universal message
aimed at cautious circa-2012 business leaders waiting on the sidelines for the
technology to mature. "If companies sit out this trend's early days for lack of talent,
they risk falling behind as competitors and channel partners gain nearly unassailable
advantages. Think of big data as an epic wave gathering now, starting to crest. If you
want to catch it, you need people who can surf."
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Fast-forward to today. The data is unquestionably bigger, and the wave more epic—
but now it's a democratized, operationalized wave that all can surf responsibly.
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Davenport, H., and Patil, DJ, "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century," Harvard Business Review, 2012
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